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To: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
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From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>
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> I'm curious to know if anyone is currently working on a driver for
> controlling USB (Universal Serial Bus) devices.  If no one is, I'm
> considering launching a development campaign.  

There have been several nibbles, but no serious progress.  You should 
at the very least familiarise yourself with USB at the various levels 
before getting serious about this; it's not for the fainthearted. 8(

> Assuming that Toshiba is forthcoming with the programming spec, it should
> be possible to make a FreeBSD box with the appropriate drivers control it. 

Toshiba aren't the best when it comes to documentation, I'm afraid.  
Still, don't let me put you off, especially if a USB subsystem will be 
forthcoming.  How can we help?

mike